Improvement in plows



'J. M. HALL;

Side-Hill Plow.

Patented Feb. 22. 1859;

UNiTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. HALL, OF WARRENTON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT m nowsy Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,023, dated February .22, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. HALL, of Warrenton, in the county of Warren and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriplion thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the plow. A is the beam or stock; B, the handles, 0, the adjustable bar, to which is attached the shoe by the bolt 70 and all the different parts of the different plows; D, the screw-bolt passing through the beam, in which there is a slot to allow the screw-bolts to move front or rear to allow the adjustment of the parts when the share is moved up or down on the adjustable stock or bar; E, the share attached tothe point f of bar G and screw-bolt D; F, the shoe fitting onto the bar (1; G, the sword or cutter;

a, the clevis; b, the pin for holding the same to the plow; 0, pin for adjusting the same to the land; d, the band for attaching the sword or cutter to the beam; 0, nuts on the adjustable screw D, by which it is raised or lowered.

Fig. 2 is a portion of the beam, showing the adjustable bar and adjustable screw with the bUZZHId-PlOW attached; Fig. 8, a plan view of the buzzardplow. Fig. 4 shows a section of the beam A, adjustable bar 0, screw D, and hillside-plow attached; Fig. 5, the bar (J and shoe F and attachment Z, in Fig. 7 attached to the bar and screw as a subsoil-plow only Fig. 6, the point or shoe when used for subsoilin g; Fig. 8, side view of the shovel-plow with attachment for adjusting it to the bar 0; Fig. 9, front view of same; Fig. 10, a section of beam A and the bar 0 and screw D, with side view of cotton-scraper attached; Fig. 11, plan view of cotton scraper; Fig. 12, the bulltongue applied to the bar 0 and screw D, forming it into a simple bull-tongue plow; Fig. 13,

the bull-tongue shovel shown in a front view. The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its con struction' and operation.

In the construction of my plow I may use any of the known materials in use for such purposes. I construct the colter-bar O, as seen in Fig. 1, of iron, with holes, as seen at f, which allow me to raise or lower it in the beam by means of the chain and pin g and key h in Fig. 2; also, to allow me to raise or lower the share or shovel when used with the shoe F in Fig. 1 or the shoe in Fig. 6.

The different parts are constructed separately, and are all intended to be used on one stock and beam, thus forming as many difi'erent plows with but one plow-stock as there are represented in the drawings.

In operating my plow, in Fig. 1 is represented a share and shoe on the bar G. As

shown, it is a common share-plow; but by letting down the adjustable bar 0 and raising the share farther up to fit in higherholes I form out ofit a subsoil and share plow. So with the shovel. I can use it as asimple shovel oras a shovel and subsoil plow by adjusting it as I have stated above. It will be seen that all these changes can be made, thus forming a shovelplow, a buzzardplow, a subsoil-plow, a bulltongue plow, a hillside-plow, a share-plow, and a cotton-scraper with but one plow-stock. I can further form a subsoil-plow and share'plow at the same time, and a subsoil and shovel plow. All these different plows are made by my invention, whichis a great saving to farmers, as they will only need but one instead of some eight plow-stocks.

It will be seen that a mortise (seen in dotted lines in beam A, Fig.1) isintended to assist in the adjustability of the plow. For instance, the share in Fig. 1, as now adjusted, tits close down to the shoe or point, and is fastened to the screw-bolt; but in converting it into a subsoil and share plow I unscrew the share by means of the bolts j, Fig. '1, and slide it one or more holes farther up on the bar 0, and unscrew the nuts below the beam A and screw D, which will cause the screw-bolt D to" slide back in the slot, and thus accommodate itself to the distance up the bar the share was I raised. I then turn the nut above the beam A and fasten the same firmly by thus tightening the screw and driving. the key down. In this way I form all the changes contemplated in my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The arrangement of the adjustable colterbar 0, point f, holes f, shoe F, mold-board E,

adjustable screw-bolt D, attachment Z, pin g, key h, bolts j, and slot in beam A, operating as described, and for the purposes set forth. Witnesses: JOHN M. HALL.

O. P. WILHELM, T. G. CLAYTON. 

